UFC: Georges St-Pierre open to Octagon return … but only for ‘something drastic’
- Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champ GSP says he feels shadowed by rumours of a second comeback every day of his life
- The 39-year-old legend is ‘satisfied’ with his career as he heads into Hall of Fame but insists he will ‘never say never’
Georges St-Pierre says he is shadowed by rumours of a return to the Octagon, every single day of his life, but the UFC great is sticking to retirement. For the time being. Maybe.
“I’m 39 years old now but a lot of the young guys I train with they always ask me ‘Hey Georges, tell me the truth. You’re coming back, aren’t you?’ And I say “No, no’,” laughs St-Pierre.
“You never say never but in order for me to come back it would have to be a 180 degree turn. Something drastic. A fight that I really want.”
At this exact moment in time, St-Pierre doesn’t have a specific opponent in mind. And he doesn’t seemed to be concerned, either, as he embraces retirement and a daily routine that in these recent, virus-enforced days of isolation have included his daily workouts, but also “lot of cleaning and cooking and training, sleeping, reading”.
St-Pierre says it took 15 years of combat, two UFC titles and an overall record of 26-2 before he finally felt satisfied with what he had achieved.
It was a feeling that also spelt the end of his Hall of Fame career.